![]() ![]() In this form she was closely identified (if not the same as) Hekate.ĬERYNITIAN HIND The Kerynitian hind was an immortal, golden-horned deer sacred to the goddess Artemis. TORCHES Artemis was often depicted holding a torch or torches. ![]() ![]() LYRE Artemis was a goddess of music like her brother Apollon and was often depicted holding a lyre. HUNTING-PACK Artemis possessed a pack of seven hunting dogs, which she received from the god Pan. HUNTING SPEARS The goddess was occassionally depicted wielding hunting spears rather than bow and arrows. Her sacred tree was the cypress and her animals were the deer, bear and guinea-fowl.ĬHARIOT & DEER Artemis' golden chariot was drawn by a team of four golden-horned deer.īOW & ARROWS Artemis used her golden bow and arrows not only to slay beasts in the mountains, but also to bring disease, plague and sudden death to women. The goddess' main attributes in classical art were the bow and quiver of arrows. This page describes her attributes, estate, sacred plants and animals. Diana Deer-drawn chariot of Artemis, Italian red-figure krater C5th B.C., Musée du LouvreĪRTEMIS was the Olympian goddess of hunting, wild animals, children and birth. ![]()
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